We need to talk about the feelings of anxiety or resistance that parents can feel about sending their child to school, or about their own involvement in a school community.
Posted in Parenting
Is participation in competitions inevitable when you sign your child up for piano, dance or some other class which you normally wouldn’t have strongly associated with a lot of competitions?
What questions does a recent news story raise about how serious incidents are addressed in British Columbia’s schools?
Posted in Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Sports
Which one of these “Mums on the Sideline” are you?
Posted in Family, On the screen, Parenting
It’s part of the trending dialogue online – aspirational (AKA helicopter) parents hover over, micro manage and over schedule their child in daily extra curricular activities.
Posted in Parenting
The choice seemed very old school Madonna. It was something that she would have favoured back in the day. But that was then and this is now.
Posted in Motherhood, Parenting
For a few years now it’s been all about authenticity.
Be authentic!
Read “don’t be fake! Show your true self. Engage openly and honestly. Don’t hold back!”
Posted in Outdoor Living, Parenting
It wouldn’t phase me if someone called me a “helicopter parent” or gave me a frosty stare; however, said person should expect to be ignored.
Posted in Family, On the screen, Parenting
I’ve been asking this question for longer than I can remember. Why do homes on US TV shows look so ridiculously large? Why does this family’s lifestyle look so grand? Who lives like that?
Posted in A Better World, Parenting, Technology
Pamela Chan/BCFamily.ca/Editorial I love it! Somebody searched the term “embrace the weird” and landed on BCFamily.ca Sweet! Because it just…
